About Us
Director
Lois Brown, PhD
Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
ASU Foundation Professor of English
CSRD Staff
Teresa Morales
Office/Center Manager
Alexxa Crosby
Project Coordinator
Jace Black-Spearing
Administrative Support Assistant
Matthew Cowser
Digital Communications Coordinator
Advisory Board
Carol Coles Henry, Chair
Director, City of Phoenix Equal Opportunity Department (Retired)
Rufus Glasper, PhD
President and CEO, League for Innovation in the Community College
Roy Janisch, JD, PhD
Independent Scholar
Vada O. Manager
Digital President and CEO
Manager, Global Consulting Group
Dr. Paul Mittman
President Emeritus
Sonoran University of Health Sciences
Roxanne Song Ong
Chief Presiding Judge, Phoenix Municipal Court (Retired)
Julia C. Patrick
Founder and CEO
Patrick Media Group
Alberto Ríos
Inaugural Arizona Poet Laureate
Director, ASU Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing
Connie Robinson
Vice President
The Gideon Group
Grady Gammage Jr., JD
Emeritus Founding Advisory Board Member
CSRD Fellows
Student Staff
Javen Scott
BSD, Graphic Design
Class of 2029
Kushagra Sethia
BSE, Computer Science Engineering
Class of 2029
Aravind Parthasarathy
M.S., Electrical Engineering
Class of 2027
Meghana Baladari
M.S., Data Science
Class of 2027
Interns
Myah France
B. A., Journalism
Class of 2029
Will Manley
B.S. Sociology
Class of 2028